From: Adam Flinton 

Gary Wiltshire wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 15:57:00 +0100, Adam Flinton
>  wrote:
>
>
>>Alan Cairns wrote:
>>
>>>On 24/06/2003 12:29 AM, in article
>>>kevffv8dhrnspdfp4kh8jovi40dvg86q5r{at}4ax.com, "Ellen K."
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>ad feminam if against a female?
>>>
>>>
>>>Homo, hominis is "man" in the sense of person. It is
gender neutral. Vir is
>>>man in the sense of male person. It would only be necessary to say ad
>>>feminam if you wanted to be really specific.
>>>
>>>English lacks a few important words, thus leading to all the
"neutral
>>>language" nonsense. We lack a word for man in the
non-specific sense. And we
>>>could do with a neutral 3rd person singular pronoun. S/he and
they are ugly.
>>>
>>>Alan
>>>
>>>
>>
>>s/h/it?
>>
>>Adam
>
>
> Finnish has two singular third person pronouns.  One is animate and
> the other inanimate.

Hey antti...which does vodka come under? 

Adam

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